Life-saving attachment for locomotive-cabs.



l T i W. A. UTTZ LIFE SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR LOCOMOTIVE CABS. APPLICATION FI LED FEB. 2|. 191a.

Patented D60. 5, 1916.

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UNTTED STATE PATENT orrron.

WILLIAM A. UTTZ, OF FORT 'WORTI-I, TEXAS.

LIFE-SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR LOCOMOTIVE-CABS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,720.

lVorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Saving Attachments for Locomotive-Cabs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to life-saving attachments for locomotive-cabs and more particularly to certain improvements in the devices set forth in Letters Patent granted to me March 2, 1915, No. 1,130,354, July 20th, 1915, No. 1,147,46 and July 20th, 1915, No. 1,1 17gl65, and the object is to improve the me-ans for putting out the fire in'the engine; to provide air-cushioning devices which will be automatically inflated by the falling of the seat; to provide devices for holding the seat rigid and for automatically releasing the seat; to improve the seat for the engineer or fireman; to provide means for causing the carrier to stand in upright position in case of discharge into water; to provide automatic lock for retaining carrier in the cab of the locomotive and means for automatically releasing the carrier when the lid falls; to provide mechanism for preventing the seat from passing back out of the carrier; to provide a positive pull for causing the seat to fall into the carrier; and to provide means for holding the throttle closed after the carrier is discharged from the engine cab.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference'is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a broken view of a cab for a locomotive engine, showing the improved carrier mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the carrier and the lid therefor. Fig. 3 is a broken inverted plan view of the seat platform. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the carrier, as mounted inthe cab of a locomotive. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the main lever of the seat locking and releasing mechanism. Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the release carried by the lid for locking and releasing the carrier. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the mechanism for causing posltive pull on the seat for causing the Ti same to go down into the carrier. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the carrier mounting devices. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the looking devices to be actuated by the lid. Fig.

ill is a broken view of the devices for locking i the throttle open. Fig. 12 is a detail view of the valves in the lid. Fig. 13 is a detail j view of the actuating devices therefor. Fig.

14 is a detail view of a ratchet for locking the seat against backward movement. Fig. 15 is a rear elevation of the seat guides, showing the ratchet teeth to be engaged by the dog shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a detail view of the bottle breaking mechanism. Fig. 17 is a detail view of the lid locking devices. Fig. 18 is a plan view of the stationary device shown in Fig. 17.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The carrier 1 is the same carrier as shown in. the above noted patents and has the same lid 2 hinged thereto. The cylinder 1 is mounted in the cab of a locomotive by means of a bar 3 and hangers 4:. are jointed at 5' to bars 5 and hinged brackets 6 are attached to the side of the cab for the jointed hangers. The bar 3 is slidable in bearings 7 which are attached to the side of the cab. The carrier is supported on the bar 3 by means of the jointed hangers L and bars 5. The carrier has lugs S and the bars 5 engage annular grooves in the outer ends of the lugs 8. The weight of the carrier is thus carried by the bar 3 and the lugs 8 by means of the hangers 4L and bars 5. The carrier is braced in its normal position by brackets 9 which are attached to the side of the cab and by sockets 10 which are rigid with the carrier 1. WVhen the carrier is being mounted the sockets 10 are run on the brackets 9. I

Means are provided forlocking the carrier against accidental displacement. The bar 3 has one end curved upwardly and then back to engage the bearing bracket7 on that side, the end 11 engaging the bracket 7. A locking bar or bracket 12 is attached to the bar 3. A look 13 is formed integral with one of the hinges of the lid 2. When the lid is raised, the lock 13 engages the shoulder 1d and locks the bar 3 against movement so The hangers 4 that the bar 3 is held in the arms or hangers 4 so that the carrier cannot fall. When the lid 2 is thrown down, the lock 13 being rigid with the lid 2 will strike the shoulder 15 and thus knock the bar 3 endwise and withdraw the ends from the bearings 7. This will release the hangers 4 and leave nothing to support the carrier. The carrier will drop by gravity. Something is needed to thrust the carrier 1 out of the cab. Lugs 16 are rigid with the carrier. Hinged bars 17 are provided with hooks 18 which are adapted to engage the lugs 16 as the carrier 1 descends. The bars 17 are hinged to the side of the cab and these bars are connected together for action by a rod or bar 19 which is pivotally connected to both bars. The advantage of having two bars 17 on each side is that these bars will hold the carrier in a vertical position while it is being swung out of the cab. The carrier will be delivered out at the side of the railway track by the bars 17. The bars 17 are prevented from going too far backward by guards 20. The mechanism for holding the lid 2 open and for guiding the seat down within the carrier is set forth in Patent Number 1,147,464, above noted. The seat 21 is mounted on a platform 22 which is attached to the back frame pieces 23 and made rigid therewith by braces 24. The seat is locked in its normal position by devices carried by the platform 22. A locking lever 25 is fulcrumed on the bottom of the platform 22. A locking bolt 26 is operatively connected to the lever 25 by a link bar 27 which is pivotally connected to the lever 25 and to the bolt 26. A socket 29 is rigid with the carrier 1 to receive the bolt 26. The platform 21 is also looked to the seat guides 30. The lever 25 projects above and below the platform 21. A cross bar 31 has two locking lugs 32 rigid therewith and these lugs are adapted to pass through the back of the seat and into the seat guides 30. The bar 31 is operatively connected to the lever 25 by a link bar 33 which is pivotally connected to the lever and to the cross-bar 31. The bar 31 is rigid with a stem or shank 34 which slides in the bracket bearing 35. A bracket bear ing 36 is provided for the bolt 26. The bolt 26 and the lugs 32 are operated simultaneously by the lever 25. The lever 25 is operated by a rod 37 which is pivotally connected to the lever 25 and to a yoke 38 which is pivotally connected to the back of the seat. An upward pull on the yoke 38 will release the seat from its mounting in the bracket 29 and the guides 30 so that the seat will instantly drop into the carrier 1. The guides 30 are rigid with the carrier 1 and the upright portion of the seat frame is provided with guideways which engage the guides 30 for causing the seat to descend directly into the carrier. A spring 80 will prevent accidental movement of the lever 25.

A positive pull is provided for causing the seat to descend into the carrier. A shaft 39 is journaled in bearings 40 near the bottom of the carrier 1. A flexible strap 41 is attached to the seat platform 21 and to a. spool 42 which is rigid with the shaft 39. A coil spring 43 is mounted on the shaft 39 and one end attached to the shaft 39 and the other end attached to the carrier 1. WVhen the seat is elevated, the strap 41 will be wound off the spool 42 against the tension of spring Consequently, when the seat is released from its mounting, the spring 43 will exert a positive pull thereon to force the seat down.

In the operation of the seat in passing down into the carrier 1, there might be some accident that would have a tendency to move the seat back out of the carrier. In order to prevent such backward movement of the seat a pivoted dog 44 is attached to the seat frame 23 and a spring 45 bears against the dog 44. Two such dogs will be provided if necessary, one for each guide 30. Racks 46 are formed on the adjacent faces of the guides 30 and the dogs 44 will catch in these racks 46 and prevent backward movement of the seat.

When the locomotive is running, there will be considerable air pressure against the lid 2. In order that this air pressure may not interfere with the closing of the lid, valves 47 are provided in the lid and means are provided for closing the valves automatically as the lid is being closed. The valves 47 are provided with stems 49 which are pivotally mounted on the lid and pivotally connected to an actuating bar 50 which is slidably mounted in brackets 51. The end of the bar 50 is beveled and a lug 52 is attached to the carrier 1. When the lid 2 falls, the bar 50 will strike the lug 52.

This will cause the bar 50 to slide in its bearings and thus close all the openings 48 in the lid and the bevel will permit the bar 50 then to pass on by the lug 52.

Provision is made for automatically looking the lid 2 down on the carrier 1. A catch (or catches 53) is attached to the lid 2 by 11 means of bolts 54 which are provided with handles so that a person inside of the carricr can remove them. The bolts 54 can also be removed by any one on the outside, the

bolts having recesses in outer ends to be en- 1 gaged by an ordinary screw driver or other device. The lock or locks 55 for the catches 53 re attached to the carrier 1 and are slidable in bearings 56 and in the carrier and held in retracted positions by spiral springs 57. The lock 55 will be moved inwardly by the beveled surface of the catch 53 as the catch passes in the slot in the lock 55.

The carrier 1 may be padded by air cush- 1.0115 58 which are attached to the inside of the carrier and connected with each other in series from bottom to top of the carrier. Compressed air tanks 59 are mounted in the lower part of the carrier and provided with valves 60 which will be opened automatically by the falling of the seat platform 21. The tanks 59 are so connected with the air cushioning devices 58 that the valves 60 will turn the air into the cushions.

The front part of the carrier 1 is weighted at the lower part by a weight 61 for the purpose of making the carrier float in an upright position in case the carrier is discharged into water. The weight 61 would counter-balance the weight of the person in the carrier.

A weight 62 is attached to the inside of the front part of the lid 2 to cause the lid to fall promptly when released. The lid is held open by the seat in the manner set forth in the patents above cited. 'The seat is provided with a hinged section 63 so that the engineer can sit by the window in the cab. The hinged section 63 will swing upward and over on the seat proper when the seat descends into the carrier.

Provision is made for extinguishing the fire'in the fire box of the engine. A vessel 64 is mounted on the locomotive frameat a point convenient to the cab for containing water and chemicals. A bottle 65 is suspended in the vessel 6% for containing sul-' furic acid. Means are provided for breaking the bottle 65 by the falling of the carrier 1. One end of a cord or cable 66 is attached to the carrier 1 or to some object to be moved by the carrier when the carrier is falling. The other end of the cord 66 is attached to a lever 67 which is fulcrumed on the side of the tank 64. A slidable rod 68 in the tank 64 with one end projecting out of the tank and beveled. A suitable bearing 69 is provided for the rod 68. The inner end of the'rod 68 stands near the bottle 65. WVhen the cord 66 is jerked by the falling of the carrier, the lever 67 will drive the rod 68 inwardly with sufficient force to break the bottle 65 and release the acid therein which will. create a gas that will extinguish the fire in the fire box. In order for the gas to reach the fire box 70, a pipe 71 is provided to convey the gas to the fire box. A valve 7 2 is provided for closing the pipe 71 and the valve is provided with a handle 73 to be engaged by the lever 67 for opening the valve when the lever is actuated to break the bottle 65. The advantage of the present devices for breaking the bottle 65 is that the actuating devices are on the exterior of the tank. WVhen the carrier is discharged from the cab, the fire in the fire box 7 0 will be extinguished.

There is a connection with the carrier 1 of means for closing the throttle of the engine and holding the same closed when the carrier is discharged from the cab. A looking lug 74: is attached to the side of the carrier and the throttle holder 75 has a hook 78 adapted to engage the lug 74. A springactuated dog 76 is pivotally attached to a bar 77 and the throttle holder 75 has a rack 78 formed thereon and the dog 76 will engage the rack 79 and thus hold the throttle holder 75 in any position to which the carrier 1 moves the throttle holder. The bar 77 may be attached to the side of the cab.

One of the tanks 59 may be provided with oxygen for supplying oxygen to the carrier when the lid is closed and this tank has the same kind of valve as the other tanks to be opened when the seat falls into the carrier.

What I claim, is,- e

1. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives and means for mounting said attachment in the cabs of locomotives consisting of a locking bar slidably mounted and hangers pivotally mounted on said at tachment and having openings in their upper ends to receive said bar.

2. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives comprising a carrier and means for mounting said carrier in the cabs of locomotives consisting of a slidable locking bar, bearings attached to the cab for said bar, and hangers pivotally connected to said carrier and having perforations in their upper ends to receive said bar.

3. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives comprising a carrier and means for mounting said carrier in the cabs of locomotives consisting of a slidable lockingbar, bearings attached to the cab for said bar, hangers pivotally connected with said carrier and having perforations to receive v said bar, and means operatively connected with said bar and with said carrier whereby said bar is removed from said hangers by the operation of the carrier.

4. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives comprising a carrier provided with a hinged lid and means for mounting said carrier in the cabs of locomotives consisting of a slidable bar, bearings attached to the cab for said bar, hangers pivotally attached to said carrier and having perforations to receive said bar, a trip rigid with said bar, and an arm rigid with said lid for actuating said bar to discharge said carrier.

5. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives comprising a carrier provided with a hinged lid and means for mounting said carrier in the cab consisting of bearings attached to the cab, a locking bar slidable in said bearings, hangers pivotally connected with said carrier and engaged by said bar, a. trip having two shoulders attached to said bar, and an arm rigid with said lid and normally-engaging one of said shoulders to hold the carrier in its normal position and adapted when said lid. falls to engage the other shoulder to move said bar.

6. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier and means for mounting the carrier in the cab consisting of bearings attached to the cab, a slidable bar having a bend near one end and both ends projecting the same direction into said bearings, and hangers pivotally connected with said carrier and engaged by the ends of said bar.

'7. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier, bearings attached to the locomotive cab, a slidable bar mounted in said bearings, hangers pivotally connectedwith said carrier and engaged by said bar, and means for holding said carrier in vertical position.

8. A life saving attachment for locomoti ve cabs comprising a carrier, bearings attached to the cab, a slidable bar mounted in said bearings, hangers pivotally connected with the carrier and engaged by said bar,

lperforated brackets attached to said carrier,

and hooks attached to the cab and engaging said brackets.

9. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier, means for "3a mounting the carrier in the cab, means for automatically discharging said carrier from the cab, and parallel bars pivotally connected with said cab and adapted to engage said carrier and hold the same in vertical '33? position while moving out of the cab.

10. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier, means for mounting the carrier in a cab, means for cushioning the interior of the carrier con- 401 sisting of series of air bags and compressed air tanks operatively connected with said air bags and valves for automatically releasing the air in said tanks and directing the same into said air bags.

11. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to drop within said carrier, means for cushioning the interior of said cab consistingof series of air bags communicating with each other, compressed air tanks, and valves forming a connection between said tanks and air bags and adapted to be automatically opened by said seat when it drops in said carrier.

12. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, and a weight in the front part of the bottom.

13. A life saving attachment for loco motive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to drop within the carrier, and means in said carrier for automatically causing a positive pull on said seat tov draw the same within the carrier.

14.. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to drop within the carrier, means for automatically looking the seat against withdrawal from the carrier before it reaches the bottom of the carrier.

15. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a lid for closing said carrier having perforations therein for passage of air, valves for closing said perforations, and means actuated by the falling or closing of the lid for automatically closing said valves.

16. A life saving attachment forlocomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, means for discharging the carrier from the cab, operative connections between said carrier and the throttle valve of the engine whereby said valve is closed by the discharge of said carrier, and means for holding the throttle closed after the carrier is discharged.

17. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, means for discharging the carrier from the cab, a fire-extinguishing apparatus for putting out the fire in the fire box including a bottle containing a chemical for producing gas and a tank containing said bottle and gas making elements, and means mounted on the outside of said tank and projecting within the tank and operatively connected with said carrier for breaking said bottle when said carrier is discharged.

18. A life saving attachment for the cabs of locomotives comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to drop by gravity into said carrier, guides for said seat extending down in the carrier and having perforations therein, a platform supporting said seat, and means for mounting said seat at the entrance of said carrier consisting of a bearing attached to the carrier, locking bolts for engaging said bearing and the perforations in said guides, a lever operatively connected with said bolts, and means for operating said lever to release said bolts from said bearing and guides.

19. A life saving attachment for locomotive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to drop by gravity into said carrier, guides for said seat extending down into said carrier, a platform supporting said seat, means for mounting said seat at the entrance to said carrier including a bearing attached to the carrier, locking bolts engaging said bearing and said guides, a lever connected with said bolts, a spring holding said lever to prevent accidental displacement of said bolts, and means for operating said lever.

20. A life saving attachment for locom0- tive cabs comprising a carrier, a lid for closmg said carrier against the admission of air and water, means for supplying oxygen to carrier, and a sectional seat hinged to said the interior of said carrier consisting of a seat and adapted to'fold on said seat when tank and a valve therefor, and means for said seat descends into said carrier. 10 automatically opening said valve. In testimony whereof, I set my hand this 5 21. A life saving attachment for locomo- 16th day of February, 1916.

tive cabs comprising a carrier mounted in the cab, a seat adapted to descend into said WILLIAM A. UTTZ.

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